“REPORTS UNTRUE”
MR. MAKIN’S REBUTTAL
NO RUSSIAN PROTEST
CANBERRA, June 29.
The reports purporting to be “some impressions by the Australian Minister to the Soviet Union, Mr. J. J. Maloney” were “inaccurate,” said the acting Minister of External Affairs, Mr. N. J. O. Makin. The reports could only cause embarrassment to Mr. Maloney in his mission, added the Minister. They would also harm Australia’s international relations.
Th pursuance of his duties Mr. Maloney had made reports to the Commonwealth Government on his mission in the Soviet Union. It was not in accord with diplomatic practice, that these should be published, but he had no hesitation in paying a tribute to Mr. Maloney’s fair and dispassionate observations, a feature of which had been a picture of the splendid achievements of the Soviet during the war against Germany. Mr. Makin said the reports that a protest had been received from the Soviet Legation in Canberra about the matter were untrue.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21753, 30 June 1945, Page 6
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